Sick and tired of the American Press

[Boeing752R]

I read somewhere that some Iraqis want them dragged through the streets to prove it...now maybe THAT is a little harsh. I know its illegal to show the pictures, but I still think it was a good idea though. sometimes its necissary to do things like that.

Yes a little harsh for our standards but that's their "culture" there. I saw video from '91 and Iraqi soldiers were dead on the side of the road, civilians walked by and kicked them, threw rocks at them, spit on them and of course beat them with their shoes..

[SWA733Captain]

That's exactly why i don't watch the news.

[screaming_emu]

I can sorta agree with not showing it in the US but I think showing it in Iraq was a must, you gotta also understand their culture. They see bodies lying on the side of the road in pieces everyday even before the war..

I read somewhere that some Iraqis want them dragged through the streets to prove it...now maybe THAT is a little harsh. I know its illegal to show the pictures, but I still think it was a good idea though. sometimes its necissary to do things like that.

[Glenn]

Dead bodies don't bother me but I fail to see why the press of all people are so keen to keep plugging their images when they were oh so horrified when the Iraqies showed Dead American troops.

Oh wait. There is a difference here isn't there
Americans invaded the country
Iraqies didn't

[Leftseat86]

"Bush said "bring it on!"...well they brought it on, and now my nephew's dead."

-Mary Kewatt

[Myblock]

I am not a supporter of the war in Iraq, but I feel showing the pictures on t.v. is a GOOD thing.
First, the two brothers were horrible human beings. I may not have supported the war but bringing these 2 to justice was a must. I would have preferred if we'd taken them alive. Then maybe they could get Saddam.
Second, it is VERY important for people in your country to actually know and see for yourself what is going on. Deciding to go to war or to support a war isn't a simple thing like "Ok, lets go to war , we'll go over there and make everything better and it'll all be hunky-dory". Chaos ensues, people get hurt, people die, lives get ruined. It is important for people to actually know and see what is going on...We can't just live in an ignorant bliss.

[Greg]

Fake in the unearthly sense. I have no doubt that they are dead.

[Boeing752R]

I saw them on Yahoo! news once they had been reconstructed and they just looked fake. .

Having worked in a funeral home I can tell you that's how bodies look no matter how they died. I think they did a really good job on the reconstruction especially on Uday who had more facial damage.

I heard someone on MSNBC saying they looked "made up" and the bodies weren't them but made to look like them.

[JeffinDEN]

If showing their faces like that over and over makes just ONE relative or loved one of someone they murdered feel better then I say let 'em roll....

Over and over...Over and over...
Over and over...
Over and over...

[Greg]

Tom Brokaw advised that they were going to show them and If you didn't want to see them you could change the channel. I saw them on Yahoo! news once they had been reconstructed and they just looked fake. I believe they have a tendency to over exaggerate though. I guess it is better than having one station that is entirely state run.

[Boeing752R]

I can sorta agree with not showing it in the US but I think showing it in Iraq was a must, you gotta also understand their culture. They see bodies lying on the side of the road in pieces everyday even before the war..

So it's not like this is something shocking to them.


"I shudder to think of the little kids who happen to watch the news with their parents who have to see a dead body for the first time."

I'm afraid that's a part of life. Besides everytime I've seen it on TV they usually said they were fixing to show them or at least you know they were leading up to it by talking about them being killed.

[ptbodale]

There was quite a debate here in Canada about those pictures. Only one newspaper (that I know of) put the pictures on the front page. All others told the story and advised the pictures were inside. The TV stations were very discreet as well.
CNN seemed to have the pictures like wallpaper. I'm not sure what they were trying to achieve.

[nyc_spotter]

The media always takes everything overboard.

[Leftseat86]

Atleast CNN told me "this is graphic" and gave me time to change the channel.

I know they're dead, good riddance, I don't need they're cut-up faces giving me nightmares.

-Clovis

[JCS17]

I agree. The fact that I've seen the pictures about ten times is absolutely appalling. Nothing makes you lose you appitite quicker than seeing a dead guy stitched up and looking....well....dead. I'm glad they showed the pictures, but the rate that they are shown at is absolute overkill.